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Windermeria

Taxonomy
Windermeria is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Windermeria aitkeni.

It was assigned to Erniettamorpha by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dickinsoniomorpha by Erwin et al. (2011).

Species
W. aitkeni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Windermeria Sepkoski
2011Windermeria Erwin et al. pp. SOM 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
RankNameAuthor
Dickinsoniomorpha
genusWindermeria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Windermeria aitkeni Narbonne 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: outer shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: osmotrophg
Created: 2009-10-13 08:34:36
Modified: 2009-10-13 10:34:36
Source: g = genus
Reference: Fedonkin et al. 2007

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Canada (Northwest Territories) W. aitkeni (10433)